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We don't know how many of them are alive and how many were murdered. Hamas is hiding information as part of the psychological war,
On Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, at 6:29 a.m. during the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, Hamas terrorist organization launched a surprise attack on Israel that resulted in the massacre of approximately 1,300 Israelis and foreigners, the biggest number of Jews that were murdered in one day since the Holocaust,
Hamas terrorists viciously murdered children, parents, grandparents, soldiers, Jews, Christians, Muslims and foreign citizens from Thailand, Nepal and other countries. They raped women and abducted more than 250 Israelis and non-Israelis into Gaza,
The risk of terrorism is a worldwide threat to all of the international community, whether you're in Europe, in the Middle East, in North America or here in Asia. Countries should know that today it is Israel and tomorrow it can be any other country. Therefore, we should stand firm by opposing and fighting terrorism,
Tonight is an incredibly sad night,
Chief Rabbi Ryan Bauer said as hundreds of people attended an emotional service in San Francisco to remember the roughly 1,200 people killed or taken hostage during Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel We support their ability to target militants, to degrade Hezbollah's infrastructure, to degrade Hezbollah's capability. But we are very cognizant of the many times in the past where Israel has gone in on what looked like limited operations and has stayed for months or for years,
I don't see Hezbollah backing down, even at this level of pain that the Israelis are inflicting upon them,
What the Israelis have been doing is gradually ratcheting up pressure on Hezbollah to make the price of continuing to attack in support of Gaza too costly for the organization,
David Daoud, senior fellow at FDD specializing in Hezbollah and Lebanon, told Fox News Digital There are ways to avoid a ground invasion,
I would call it a kind of proactive attrition,
said Daoud, who co-authored the FDD report Forces from the Commando Brigade, including soldiers from the Egoz Unit, located and destroyed a Hezbollah attack infrastructure, which included a rocket launcher, explosive stockpiles, and additional military equipment,
the IDF said of the initial operation We're watching this very closely."
In response to questions from reporters regarding Israel’s operations in Lebanon, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said This war was forced upon us, yet we are willing to pay the price,
We will not stop working to achieve a cease-fire deal in Gaza that brings the hostages home, allows for a surge in humanitarian aid to ease the suffering on the ground, assures Israel’s security and ends this war,
Today more than ever, we carry a deep commitment to continue taking every measure necessary to defeat our enemies and to defend our homeland,
Gallant said in a statement We rallied together to defend our country, our homeland. We mustered immense mental strength,
As long as our hostages are in Gaza, we will continue to fight. We will not give up on any of them. I won’t give up,
Netanyahu said in a recorded message late Monday in a government memorial service marking the 7 October attacks We are changing the security reality in our region, for our children's sake, for our future, to ensure that what happened on Oct 7 does not happen again,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem marking the Gaza war anniversary Palestinian history is made of cycles,
Meshaal, 68, a senior figure under overall leader Yahya Sinwar, told Reuters in an interview marking the Gaza war anniversary On this day, in this place, and in many places across our country, we remember our dead, our hostages, whom we are obligated to bring back, and our heroes who fell in defence of the homeland and the nation. We went through a terrible massacre a year ago,
Netanyahu said in a statement